Lupita Nyong'o, Eugene Jarecki and David Gordon Green Among the 271 Invited to Join Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited two-hundred and seventy-one artists and executives to join the organisation this year. Each year Academy members may sponsor one candidate for membership within their branch. New member application reviews take place in the spring. Applications for the coming year must be received by March 19, 2015.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 271 artists and executives to join the organization this year. Honorees this year include Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki and indie stalwart David Gordon Green. Each year Academy members may sponsor one candidate for membership within their branch. New member application reviews take place in the spring.

New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception in September.

"This year’s class of invitees represents some of the most talented, creative and passionate filmmakers working in our industry today," said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. "Their contributions to film have entertained audiences around the world, and we are proud to welcome them to the Academy."

The 2014 invitees are:

Actors

Barkhad Abdi – "Captain Phillips"

Clancy Brown – "The Hurricane," "The Shawshank Redeption"

Paul Dano – "12 Years a Slave," "Prisoners"

Michael Fassbender – "12 Years a Slave," "Shame"

Ben Foster – "Lone Survivor," "Ain’t Them Bodies Saints"

Beth Grant – "The Artist," "No Country for Old Men"

Clark Gregg – "Much Ado about Nothing," "Marvel’s The Avengers"

Sally Hawkins – "Blue Jasmine," "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Josh Hutcherson – "The Hunger Games," "The Kids Are All Right"

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – "Enough Said," "Planes"

Kelly Macdonald – "Brave," "No Country for Old Men"

Mads Mikkelsen – "The Hunt," "Casino Royale"

Joel McKinnon Miller – "Super 8," "The Truman Show"

Cillian Murphy – "The Dark Knight Rises," "Inception"

Lupita Nyong'o – "Non-Stop," "12 Years a Slave"

Rob Riggle – "21 Jump Street," "The Hangover"

Chris Rock – "Grown Ups 2," "Madagascar"

June Squibb – "Nebraska," "About Schmidt"

Jason Statham – "Parker," "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"

David Strathairn – "Lincoln," "Good Night, and Good Luck."

Casting Directors

Douglas Aibel – "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "The Immigrant"

Simone Bär – "The Monuments Men," "The Book Thief"

Kerry Barden – "August: Osage County," "Dallas Buyers Club"

Nikki Barrett – "The Railway Man," "The Great Gatsby"

Mark Bennett – "Drinking Buddies," "Zero Dark Thirty"

Risa Bramon Garcia – "Speed," "Wall Street"

Michelle Guish – "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," "Nanny McPhee"

Billy Hopkins – "Lee Daniels’ The Butler," "Disconnect"

Ros Hubbard – "Romeo & Juliet," "The Mummy"

Allison Jones – "The Way, Way Back," "The Heat"

Christine King – "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith"